Corset-fastener.



V. B. BERGER.

CORSET FASTENER.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 9, 1910.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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VICTOR B. BERGER, 0F HIGHLAND, CALIFORNIA.

CORSET-FASTENER.

Application filed August 9, 1910.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR B. BERGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in Corset-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clasps for garments and similar articles, and especially applicable to corsets and for surgical appliances required to be opened and closed to arrange the same to the person of the wearer, and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this class wherein the busks for the meeting ends of the clasps may be easily and securely locked together.

Vi ith the above object in view, and others which will appear as the nature of thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangement f parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the drawings-l igure 1 is a front view of the busks detached. Fig. 2 is a similar view of two busks in clasped position. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustrating the hook of one of the busks engaging the spring and housing proper upon the opposite busk. Fig. is a vertical transverse sectional view taken through the busk provided with the housing and illustrating the manner of connecting two of the spring resilient members.

In the drawings, 1 designates one of the busks or steel edge of a corset and the numeral 2 designates the opposite busk which is to be applied to the opposite edge of the corset. The busk 1 is provided with a plurality of hook members 3. Each of the said hooks have their extremities formed with an off-set lip or catch t which extends a suitable distance beyond the edge of the said busk. The body or smaller portion of the catch members may be secured to the busk through the medium of rivets or other analogous devices. In the preferned form of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the hooks upon the upper portion of the busk 1 have their oft-set or engaging portions 4 arranged in an opposite direction to those on the lower portion, the purpose of which will presently be set forth.

The busk 2 is provided with a plurality of housings, each being designated by the numeral 5. These housings are of substan tiallyrectangular formation and have their Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Serial No. 576,276.

sides provided with right angularly arranged otf-set extensions, the latter being perforated and adapted to receive rivets or the like, whereby the said housings are secured to the busk 2. Arranged within each of the said housings, and adjacent the outer portion thereof, is a two leaf spring designated by the numeral 7 By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings it will be noted that the springs upon the lower hous ings are arranged directly opposite to those upon the upper housings, and connecting each of the series ofsprings are the upper and lower rods 8 and 9. Each of the rods 8 and 9 have their adjacent ends formed with an oft-set finger hold, the object of the same being to provide simple means whereby the said rods may be drawn toward each other and to cause the engaging arm of the springs 7 to become disconnected from the lip l of the hook members 3. By reference to Fig. l of the drawings it will be noted that the engaging arm of each of the spring members 7 is formed with an ofi-set, and the said elf-set engages within a rectangular cut away portion or recess formed in each of the members 8 and 9. This recess is adapted to provide means whereby the engaging arm of the spring 7 is free to move a predetermined distance which permits of the lip a entering the housings 5 and compressing the said arm before the spring eX- erts a pressure to engage with the said lip. he slots also provide means whereby any one or a plurality of the springs 7 may be operated to detach the hooks from the said springs.

The simplicity, as well as the advantages of the device, will, it is thought, be apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appertain, and it is to be understood that changes in size, proportion, etc, within the scope of the appended claim, may be made if desired.

Having thus fully described the said invention, what I claim is The combination with a pair of separated busks, hook members projecting laterally from one of the busk members and having lips, the lips of certain of the hook members projecting in opposite directions from other book members, housings secured to the opposite busk member, substantially V-shaped springs arranged in the housings and adapted to engage the lips on the hook members to lock said hook members within the housings, oppositely moving rods slidably mounted in the housings and provided with elongated slots, lateral extensions carried by the springs and adapted to engage said slots and oppositely turned ends upon the rods providing finger holds at the adjacent ends of the rods, whereby when the rods are drawn toward each other all of the springs will be released from the lips of the hook members sinmltaneo-usly. 10

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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